The Duel is a movie about a motorist on a lonely road stalked by a giant truck driven by an unknown driver. This is first film directed by Steven Spielberg.
David Mann is business man on trip through Californian desert road in his red Plymouth car. On his way he overtakes a giant tanker truck. It appears that truck driver does not think kindly of this. Soon a cat and mouse chase begins. Some how Mann avoids hit by the truck from behind. In the end he tricks the truck driver in to trap and on hitting his car the truck falls into a ravine.
Throughout the film the identity of the truck driver is a mystery. what we glimpse is a pair of shoes and the bottom side of jeans. The film has succeeded in marinating the nail biting tempo till the end. The country road through which the chase happens passes through nice surroundings as well rugged mountainous paths.
A must see for Speilberg fans
